Now, about Senator John Ensign‘s Pentecostal International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. The Church was founded by Sister Aimee [Aimee Semple McPherson] in the 1920’s. In case you’ve forgotten, Sister Aimee was a pioneer of what we call televangelism – though then, I guess it was radio-vangelism. You guessed it, she was a pioneer in […]
In the scope of things, the antics of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, and Nevada Senator John Ensign may seem like side shows that detract from the important things on our plate left in such disarray from eight years of Republican incompetence. But from another perspective, they are examples of what […]
My last post rambled. I think I was trying to figure out what I was thinking as I wrote and it came out fuzzy. Here’s what I was getting at. After World War II, we found ourselves struggling with the Russians. Whether we saw it in terms of greed [Russia’s Empire Building] or ideology [The […]
Viet Nam 1964: The Tonkin Gulf Resolution [officially, the Southeast Asia Resolution, Public Law 88-408] was a joint resolution of the United States Congress passed on August 7, 1964 in response to two alleged minor naval skirmishes off the coast of North Vietnam between U.S. destroyers and Vietnamese torpedo ships from the North, known collectively […]
Huffington Hires FroomkinDaily DishAndrew Sullivan 07 Jul 2009 12:50 pm Terrific move. He can now criticize Charles Krauthammer all he wants, and not watch his back. Greenwald: Froomkin will oversee a staff of five reporters and an Assistant Editor, guide The Huffington Post’s Washington reporting, and write at least two posts per week to be featured […]
Oxford city officials ignore calls to save 1,500-year-old Indian-built mound Associated Press July 07, 2009 The Alabama Historical Commission says this is the largest Indian-built mound in the state, but Oxford city officials are going ahead with plans to have it leveled. OXFORD — City officials have ignored another protest over the city’s decision to […]
Sometimes, when the famous emptywheel sleuthing gets going, the import of her findings gets lost in the details of the search. In this post, she is focusing on the Justice Departments fight to keep Cheney’s Interview about the C.I.A. Leak of Valerie Plame’s identity secret. For review, we hold these truths to be self evident. […]
Back in September, in my first ever post about Sarah Palin [whom I’d never heard of before], I was trying to be cute and called her the "Palinator." It was a take-off on "Governator," Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s nickname from his movie, The Terminator. I should have stuck with the original for Sarah – The Terminator. It’s […]
New Evidence Cheney Swayed Reaction to Leak Discussions of CIA Agent Listed in Filing Washington Post By R. Jeffrey Smith July 3, 2009 A document filed in federal court this week by the Justice Department offers new evidence that former vice president Richard B. Cheney helped steer the Bush administration’s public response to the disclosure […]
A Gutless "Victim" the left coaster by Deacon Blues July 5, 2009 As the FBI took the unusual step late Saturday to confirm they have no active corruption probe underway involving Sarah Palin, she once again played the "I’m a victim" card: "How sad that Washington and the media will never understand; it’s about country. […]